Anne Rice (1941-2021)NT writes: "Not sure if you can help me, but I'm having a difficult time discerning if Christ The Lord Out of Egypt by Anne Rice is a good book to read? It's was selected by my parish book club."
Wikicommons Images, Archives des jésuites de France (CC BY-SA 3.0)LE writes: "There seems to be a resurgence of the life and philosophies of this man . What is going on? Have the people forgotten his history. I wanted to look him up in your list under new age but I couldn't find him. Could you put out an exposé' on him?"
DB writes: “I listen to your show almost daily on EWTN on my Sirius XM on the way to work. I heard you talking about Reiki a few times over the last couple of weeks and I felt called to share my experience.”
PW writes: "I recently heard of a technique called EFT-Emotional Freedom Technique from a very devout Catholic friend who found it to be very useful in healing some past emotional wounds she struggled with in combination with deep prayer. She indicated that research has found medical and neurological support of this technique. Not having ever heard of it before, I was wondering what you knew of it and whether or not it is an appropriate avenue for Catholics to pursue."
AA asks: “I don’t understand why homeopathy is so controversial. Isn’t it just a kind of herbal medicine? And if it’s so bad, why do drug stores sell it?”
People write to us all the time with questions about the various energy medicine techniques - from Reiki to tai chi and everything inbetween - so I decided to write a general overview of energy medicine that can provide additional details for those who wish to learn more.
BS asks: "Is Naturopathy New Age?"
KV writes: “Recently a fellow Catholic told me about a ritual on the Eve of St. Agnes - fast all day and then at night the fasting woman will dream of her future husband. This sounds strange and superstitious to me. I could not find information on this from a credible Catholic source. Have you heard anything about this?”
DP writes: "Recently on an episode of your show, I heard a priest speak negatively about a book titled, "The Cloud of Unknowing," saying that it was New Age. . .
Several years ago I read a disturbing report about a haunted house in Long Island where the owner believes an evil presence was banished from the home during a pagan ritual and say the home is now being "haunted" by her dead husband.
